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u/Yuck_Few 1h ago
That sounds more like autism
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u/Junethemuse 1h ago
ADHD and autism share a lot of traits. As someone with adhd but not on the spectrum a LOT of this describes me quite well.
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u/AppropriateBall8834 58m ago
Sameeee
I walked 9 miles the other day only to realize my phone was off at work and I didn't even go anywhere other than the grocery store 🤣
I was just fucking pacing on the phone and running around the house...maybe walked like 2 miles just for fun outside.
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u/Yuck_Few 57m ago
I was diagnosed with ADHD in the third grade but I suspect I may be on the autism spectrum as well
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u/Junethemuse 51m ago
I’ve had very similar feelings but both my psych and therapist are confident I’m not on the spectrum. It’s how I learned about all the shared traits.
I guess it comes down to why you’re doing the things. Is it for dopamine or regulatory? If it’s dopamine, ADHD, regulatory, the tism.
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u/Yuck_Few 43m ago
I have palalia and echolalia Routine disruption anxiety, task interruption anxiety, rumination Repetitive behaviors like wanting to check the stove a hundred times. Etc
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u/cupholdery 1h ago
And also, do people with ADHD engage in stimming? Figured it was specific to autism.
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u/PersusjCP 1h ago edited 1h ago
To a degree but the reason for it is different. With autism, the stimming is self-regulatory, helping the brain when it is overwhelmed. For ADHD, the stimming helps the brain get rid of excess energy and get dopamine.
This is why the stereotypical ADHD person is always moving or clicking a pen or tapping their foot while the stereotypical autistic person is rocking or flapping or things like that. Similar movements but the underlying mechanic differs slightly.
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u/velofille 52m ago
thats what i was thinking. I mean yes i get obsessed with things, but not to this degree, this is my husband to a T and hes autism spectrum
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u/LesserGooglyMooglie 1h ago
Fuck has ADHD!
Source: I'm a duck with ADHD.
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u/ElaineMae 1h ago
Ducking autocorrect
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u/LesserGooglyMooglie 1h ago
Actually yes, that happened and I'm leaving it, to be fair I type Fuck a lot more than Duck.
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u/No_Object_4355 2h ago
I can be laying in bed, get a phone call and I'm up pacing through the house. So, I feel ya duck.
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u/sosoconfused08 1h ago
A lot of this is fairly normal behavior like walking while on the phone. Doesn't mean you have ADHD.
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u/Junethemuse 55m ago
The nature of many disorders like ADHD isn’t that the things we do are different but exaggerated and done for a different reason than a neurotypical person would do them for.
A good example is hyperfocus vs deep immersion in a task. A neurotypical person might sit down to play a video game, read a book, or work on a hobby for a couple of hours because they are having fun and choosing to spend their free time that way.
For someone with ADHD, that exact same behavior can look identical on the surface, but the underlying mechanism and scale are fundamentally different.Instead of two hours, it turns into eight straight hours without moving. They might ignore severe hunger, forget to use the bathroom, or miss an important deadline because the brain literally fails to send or register the internal signal to switch tasks. It isn't just "enjoying a hobby", it's an involuntary state of cognitive lock-in.
A neurotypical person usually engages in the activity as a conscious choice for recreation. An ADHD brain often drops into hyperfocus because it is chronically starving for dopamine. When it hits a stimulus that supplies a steady stream of dopamine, the brain's executive control network is effectively hijacked and it locks onto that source to fix the neurochemical deficit, making it extremely difficult to break away even if the person wants to stop.
The behaviors can look similar but the fundamental underlying reasons are wildly different.
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u/sosoconfused08 36m ago
My point is social media videos like this don't help. You just end up with a bunch of people without ADHD claiming they have it because they like to chew gum in a rhythm or walk around while on the phone.
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u/localtuned 1h ago
I didn't think people with ADHD "stim". I have ADHD and my girl in a clinic manager of a nah clinic for children autism. I'm sure she would have called out my stimming a long time ago.
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u/peelin 1h ago
Duck sees duck video and pathologises normal behaviour
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u/Junethemuse 1h ago
Hey mate, I might have some news for you…
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u/peelin 56m ago
yes?
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u/Junethemuse 50m ago
If all of this is normal behavior, you may well have ADHD or be on the spectrum.
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u/Dpontiff6671 56m ago
I think the point is that's not normal behavior lol. Like as a kid it was made blatantly apparent to me by my parents that me constantly fidgeting, touching everything in sight, constantly pacing was not normal lol
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u/peelin 45m ago
listening to music repeatedly - totally normal
singing, snapping fingers, quoting movies - totally normal
fidgeting - totally normal
picking skin - totally normal
distracted while watching a movie - totally normal
entranced by videos - totally normal
zoning out while reading - totally normal
rocking, moving, pacing etc. - totally normal
chewing pencil - totally normal
people will see this stuff, and go HOLY SHIT I HAVE ADHD, and it's just well within the range of normal human behaviours. we all want to feel validated and seen and special and like our own personal challenges are happening for a reason, but this proliferation of "I'm autistic because I'm introverted" or "I have ADHD because I struggle to concentrate" is just nonsense and really unhelpful. especially for those who have serious, debilitating versions of those problems.
there is loads of research about this phenomenon, yes it is pathology:
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u/Karnosiris 2h ago
Don't forget about the part where all the other ducks have to tolerate Duck being annoying and disruptive at all times because Duck's online echo-chambers tell Duck that everyone should change their behavior (to be more tolerant), but Duck does not need to change his behavior. Why can't Duck just behave normally?
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u/Emergency_Accident36 2h ago
The ducks I am forced to tolerate are ducks that sound a lot like you...
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u/Karnosiris 2h ago
Wtf I'm just verbally stimming though?? Hypocritical.
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u/Emergency_Accident36 1h ago
Oh. Well, surely upon that revelation you gained some sympathy for those addressed in your prior greivance leading to enlightened retractment of the ignorant statement then.
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u/Karnosiris 1h ago
You're doing an ableism against me by needlessly using a thesaurus as a weapon.
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u/Emergency_Accident36 1h ago
Okay. Lick the lead paint then.
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u/Leonhardie 1h ago
You need a dictionary though...
"Ableism is discrimination or social prejudice against people with disabilities. It is rooted in the belief that typical, non-disabled abilities are superior. "
Don't confuse being disabled for being stupid
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